Joe Clyde Daniels Update: Mother present, helped cover crime scene after autistic boy’s father beat him to death, affidavit says

Court documents released Monday by Tennessee authorities paint a grim picture of what reportedly happened to a young autistic boy whose body still remains missing.

According to the affidavit of complaint released by Dickson County authorities, Krystal Nicole Daniels, the mother of 5-year-old Joe Clyde Daniels, admitted she was in her residence off of Garners Creek Road in Dickson on April 4 when the child’s father beat him to death. Further,  Daniels is accused of failing to report the crime and taking steps to conceal the little boy’s abuse and death.

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Krystal Nicole Daniels is charged with felony “Aggravated Child Neglect or Endangerment” while Joseph Daniels is charged with homicide. Both suspects are behind bars on a $1 million bail each.

As CrimeOnline previously reported, during an early morning 911 call on April 4, Daniels calmly told a dispatch operator that his son Joe Clyde Daniels was missing from their Dickson home. Initially, police had no reason to believe Daniels harmed the little boy but after two days of intense searching, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced that Daniels admitted that he killed his son.

WKRN obtained a copy of the 911 call, in which Daniels indicated that his son must have unlocked a door in the home and walked away. He claimed he went to the little boy’s room at 5:30 a.m. on April 4, when he noticed he wasn’t there. Daniels never asked for help while talking to the 911 dispatcher and the only information that he volunteered without being asked was that his boy was autistic and disappeared from their home off of Garners Creek Road.

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“He stays very calm and he answers questions with one word answers, and of course never tells them to help, he never tells him please get here, please help me, please help me find him…he never asked,” Atlanta’s Cold Case Research Institute Director Sheryl McCollum told CrimeOnline.

Meanwhile, authorities continue to search for Joe Clyde. Over 30 police officers and firefighters, along with dog search teams, are searching throughout secluded wooded areas and water, according to WKRN.

“We’re following indicators that we have, looking at bodies of water, and things that are secluded or may be out of the way. We’re just not leaving anything uncovered,”Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe said. “We’re in the same mode of search that we were prior when we were looking at a rescue. Now, with the recovery, we’re still working everything we can.”

Check back with CrimeOnline as we continue to provide updates.

[Feature Photo: Krystal Daniels, Joe Clyde Daniels and Joseph Daniels/TBI]